Brazil’s Discriminatory Merger Guidelines

A silent movement has gained strength in the Brazilian Court of Justice: standardised business contracts, which seem harmless every day, are becoming the lot of collective actions with great impact. It is not an isolated problem, nor is it a flanging error. The most emerging are standards. Small contractual deviations are often seen as operational or indefensive issues, when replications on scale, have a broad legal impact. And it is just this r…

Brazil’s Discriminatory Merger Guidelines

Brazil’s digital merger rules raise regulatory barriers for U.S. tech firms by targeting early-stage acquisitions and imposing speculative theories of harm. This slows innovation-driven growth and undermines America’s competitive position in Latin America’s expanding digital economy.